CURRICULUM VITAE Brenda Joan Chinnery-Allgeier

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Brenda Joan Chinnery-Allgeier 8807 Ampezo Trl. Austin, TX Home phone: Personal Information Born: January 21, 1968, Providence, Rhode Island Citizenship: United States of America Education 2011 Learning House ( course on online teaching BP Foundations of Online Teaching Ph.D., Functional Anatomy and Evolution Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Thesis title: Morphometric analysis of evolution and growth in the ceratopsian postcranial skeleton BA, Physical Anthropology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. Professional Employment 2007-present Research Scientist, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, Colorado Scientific Consultant, exhibit Return of the Dino s: Extreme Makeover, Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas present Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, University of Texas, Austin, Texas present Research Associate, Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, Montana Postdoctoral Fellow, Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana Teaching Associate, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas Museum exhibit research and design, Maryland Science Center, Baltimore, Maryland. Teaching Experience by year 2004-present Lecturer, Introduction to Biology II for biology majors, non-majors biology courses including Heredity, Evolution and Society, Molecules to Organisms, The Human Body, and Ecology, Evolution and Society, and Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy. School of Biological Sciences, University of Texas, Austin Teaching Assistant, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, Montana State University, Bozeman Teaching Associate and one-on-one instruction, Human Gross Anatomy,

2 medical school and graduate level, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas Teaching Associate and one-on-one instruction, Human Gross Anatomy, dental school level, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas Teaching Assistant, Human Gross Anatomy, undergraduate level, Johns Hopkins University. Course number Guest Lecturer, Dinosaurs course, undergraduate level, Johns Hopkins University. 1998, 1999 Teaching Assistant, Human Gross Anatomy, medical school and graduate level, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Course number ME Teaching experience by class Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy BIO 478L Instructor UT Austin undergraduate Teaching Assistant MSU Bozeman Human Gross Anatomy Dental School level Teaching Aid, one-on-one instruction UTHSC San Antonio Medical School level Teaching associate UTHSC San Antonio ME Teaching Assistant JHMI undergraduate Teaching Assistant JHU Introduction to Biology II BIO 311D Instructor UT Austin Heredity, Evolution and Society BIO 309F Instructor UT Austin Molecules to Organisms BIO 301L Instructor UT Austin The Human Body BIO 309D Instructor UT Austin Ecology, Evolution and Society BIO 301M Instructor UT Austin Dinosaurs undergraduate level Guest Lecturer JHU Outreach experience 2011 Interactive exhibit of comparative vertebrate skeletal morphology; Explore UT: Austin s Biggest Open House, University of Texas, Austin, TX Scientific Seminar: Can We Bring a Dinosaur Back to Life? And Other Questions that Paleontologists are Asking Today; Odyssey Adult Enrichment Classes, University of Texas, Austin, TX Classroom presentation: Dinosaurs and Paleontology; all kindergarten classes; Cowan Elementary School, Austin, TX.

3 2010 Classroom presentation: Dinosaurs and Paleontology; pre-kindergarten classes; The University of Texas Child Development Center, Austin, TX Classroom presentation: How Paleontology is done; pre-kindergarten classes; The University of Texas Child Development Center, Austin, TX Interactive exhibit of fossils and skeletons; Explore UT: Austin s Biggest Open House, University of Texas, Austin, TX Media presentation on Triceratops sp. for exhibit Return of the Dino s: Extreme Makeover, Witte Museum, San Antonio, TX Scientific seminar: What Questions Museum Visitors are Asking Today; to volunteers at the Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, MT Scientific seminar: Functional Anatomy; Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX Scientific seminar: Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX Scientific seminar: Department of Geology, College of Eastern Utah, Price, UT. Grants, Awards, and Honors 1999 Research grant, Jurassic Foundation 1999 Research grant, Paleobiological Fund 1999 Research grant, Geological Society of America 1999 Predoctoral Fellowship, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 1998 Research grant, Sigma Xi 1997 Research grant, Western Interior Paleontological Society Graduate Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 1995 General and Departmental honors, University of Colorado, Boulder CO Research and Field Experience 2006-present Field research of Eocene mammals and lower vertebrates, Wyoming. Principal Investigator: Dr. Richard Stucky, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, CO Field research in the Cretaceous of Texas. Principal Investigator: Rebecca 2002-present Hunt, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX. Postdoctoral research on 3-dimensional laser scanning and morphometric methodology with John Horner, Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT Field research in the Moenkopi Formation of Arizona. Principal Investigator: Sterling Nesbitt, University of Texas, Austin, TX Field research in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana. Principal Investigator: John Horner, Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT present Ongoing collection and research of middle Cretaceous vertebrate fossils in the Moreno Hill Formation of New Mexico. Principal Investigator:

4 Douglas Wolfe, Mesa Museum, Phoenix, AZ Field research of Eocene aged mammals, Wyoming. Principal Investigator: Dr. Ken Rose, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD Research rotation at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine with Dr. David Weishampel consisting of the description and cladistic analysis of a specimen of Montanoceratops cerorhynchus Research on Mesohippus sp. skull, under the supervision of Dr. Bert Covert, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. and Dr. Richard Stucky, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, CO Field research of Eocene aged mammals, Wyoming. Principal Investigator: Dr. Richard Stucky, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, CO Field research of Eocene and Oligocene aged mammals, Badlands National Park, South Dakota. Principal Investigator: Dr. Richard Stucky, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, CO Research assistant to Dr. Richard Stucky, Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, CO Field Paleontology Course through the University of Colorado, Denver, CO., taught by Dr. Richard Stucky, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, CO Field research of dinosaur remains, Canon City, CO. Principal Investigator: Dr. Ken Carpenter, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, CO Internship under Dr. Ken Carpenter, Paleontological Preparation Laboratory, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, CO Volunteer research assistant to Dr. Peter Robinson, Geology Museum Lab, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. Published Books 2010 Ryan, M., B. J. Chinnery-Allgeier, and D. Eberth, eds. New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington IL. Published Articles 2010 Chinnery-Allgeier, B. J. and J. I. Kirkland. An Update on the Paleobiogeography of Ceratopsian Dinosaurs. In M. Ryan, B. J. Chinnery-Allgeier, and D. Eberth, eds., New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs, pp Indiana University Press, Bloomington IL Miyashita, T., P.J. Currie, and B. Chinnery-Allgeier. First Basal Neoceratopsian from the Oldman Formation (Belly River Group) Southern Alberta. In M. Ryan, B. J. Chinnery-Allgeier, and D. Eberth, eds., New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs, pp Indiana University Press, Bloomington IL Wolfe, D., J. I. Kirkland, D. Smith, K. Poole, B. Chinnery-Allgeier and A. McDonald. Zuniceratops christopheri; The North American Ceratopsid Sister Taxon Reconstructed on the Basis of New Data. In M. Ryan, B. J. Chinnery-

5 Allgeier, and D. Eberth, eds., New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs, pp Indiana University Press, Bloomington IL Chinnery, B. J. and J. R. Horner. A new neoceratopsian dinosaur linking North American and Asian taxa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27: Rose, K. D. and B. J. Chinnery. The postcranial skeleton of early Eocene rodents. Bulletin of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History 36: Chinnery, B. J. Morphometric analysis of evolutionary trends in the ceratopsian postcranial skeleton. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24: Chinnery, B. J. Description of Prenoceratops piikanis gen. et. Sp. Nov. (Dinosauria: Neoceratopsia) from the Two Medicine Formation of Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24: Chinnery, B. J. and D. B. Weishampel. Montanoceratops cerorhynchus (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) and relationships among basal neoceratopsians. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18: Chinnery, B. J., T. R. Lipka, J. I. Kirkland, J. M. Parrish, and M. K. Brett- Surman. Neoceratopsian teeth from the Lower to middle Cretaceous of North America. In: Lucas, S. G., J. I. Kirkland and J. W. Estep (eds.), Lower and Middle Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin No. 14. Pp Professional Meeting Presentations 2010 Stucky, R., I. Miller, B. Chinnery-Allgeier and B. Dodge. Teen Science Scholars at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science: Nurturing the Next Generation of Scientific Leaders GSA Denver Annual Meeting (31 October 3 November 2010) Paper No Chinnery, B. J. and R. Stucky. Diversity of Lower Vertebrates across the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29:77A Chinnery, B. J. and J. I. Kirkland. Neoceratopsian biogeography: what s changed in the last ten years. Ceratopsian Symposium Abstracts and Short Papers Douglas G. Wolfe, James I. Kirkland, David Smith, Karen Poole, Brenda Chinnery- Allgeier & Andrew McDonald. Zuniceratops christopheri: an update on the North North American ceratopsid sister taxon, Zuni Basin, west-central New Mexico. Ceratopsian Symposium Abstracts and Short Papers Chinnery, B. J. Wrap-up and Prospectus. Ceratopsian Symposium Abstracts and Short Papers Chinnery, B. J., R. Stucky, and T. Hardy. Comparison of lower vertebrate faunas from the Bridger and Wind River Formations (Early to middle Eocene), Wyoming. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27:58A Chinnery, B. J. and J. R. Horner. New basal neoceratopsian from the Two Medicine Formation of Montana provides a link between Asian and North American taxa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 23:40A Chinnery, B. J. Morphometric analysis of evolution and growth in the ceratopsian postcranial skeleton. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 22:43A.

6 2000 Chinnery, B. J. and K. D. Rose. Early Eocene rodent postcrania from the Willwood Formation. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 20:35A Chinnery, B. J. and D. Trexler. The first bone bed occurrence of a basal neoceratopsian, with new information on the skull morphology of Leptoceratops. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19:38A Chinnery, B. J. and R. E. Chapman. A morphometric study of the ceratopsid postcranial skeleton. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 18:33A Chinnery, B. J., D. G. Wolfe, J. I. Kirkland. A new consideration of neoceratopsian biogeography. The Dinofest Symposium Abstract volume, Pg Chinnery, B. J. and D. B. Weishampel. Montanoceratops cerorhynchus and the question of monophyly of the basal neoceratopsians. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16:27A. Professional Society Memberships Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Invited reviewer Advisor Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Journal of Paleontology Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences Acta Palaeontologica Polonica PLoS One D. B. Weishampel